Tom Gladdis is in bullish mood ahead of this afternoon's final race at Brands Hatch, as the Briton looks to continue an extremely impressive return to Formula Two.

The 19-year-old contested the opening event of the season at Silverstone, but has since struggled with budget issues - meaning this weekend is his first taste of racing action in exactly three months.

Despite that break Gladdis has been in impressive form from the outset at Brands Hatch, qualifying fifth and running fourth for much of the first race before eventually settling for fifth at the chequered flag.

Gladdis could then well have taken pole position in the second qualifying session on Saturday - his best effort, which would have been good enough for provisional pole - ruled out after a red fag had been issued four seconds before he crossed the line.

Despite the setback Tom bounced back to take third, and the Briton is in uncompromising mood ahead of the race, saying: "Target wise I want to be in the top three. The start is the biggest moment though, and I'm definitely looking to make up a place or put pressure on Eng and Kazim in the first two corners.

"I know Eng for example needs to be on his best behaviour, whereas I'm out there simply to race and to get as high as I can. I've got no worries about the championship, so I can afford to just push for the best result possible.

"To be honest it has been quite nice having that feeling this weekend - it's been more about having fun and enjoying myself because there's no pressure. That said pole was probably possible yesterday until the red flag, so there's a bit of disappointment even in qualifying third - I guess that's just being a racing driver though!"

Gladdis will be bidding for his maiden F2 win when the second race begins today (18 July) at 13:05 BST - with live commentary, live timing and live video streaming available through the official F2 website.